Deadline Set for Wheat Control Referendum in Iowa
May 25 is the voting deadline for continuing the wheat production control program. About forty eastern Iowa growers attended a Cedar Rapids confab with Ames extension official Jay Merrill and Triple A representative E L Quaife. Counties represented included Linn Cedar Dubuque Jackson Scott Clinton Jones Johnson and others. Eligible signers may vote in their county allotment committees or at scheduled meetings in Vinton Farley Cedar Rapids Marion Maquoketa and Wyoming. The plan runs four years with a two year cutoff allowing contract termination for non growers.
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Jay Merrill
Ames Extension Service
E. L. Quaife
Ames
Guy Bush
Triple A
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Cedar
Dubuque
Jackson
Scott
Clinton
Jones
Johnson
Benton
Vinton
Farley
Marion
Maquoketa
Wyoming
Hazleton Creamery Buys Butterfat At Forty-Two Cents
Hazleton Farmers creamery paid patrons forty two cents a pound for butterfat received in the last half of April. George R Odell, secretary, reports the figures to The Gazette.
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Hazleton
Hazleton Farmers Creamery
George R Odell
Mushroom Gatherers Warned In Anthrax District
Logan County residents were warned not to pick mushrooms on farm lands where anthrax has been present. Dr. F A Boies, a local veterinarian, issued the advisory for protection against the virulent animal disease that can also affect humans.
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LOGAN
Harrison County
F. A. Boies
Iowa Official Says Anthrax Outbreak Not Spreading
Dr H A Siedell chief of the state division of animal husbandry said there is no great danger of widespread anthrax in Iowa after the Harrison county outbreak. He noted the disease has never spread greatly in the state.
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Des Moines
H A Siedell
State Division of Animal Husbandry
Harrison County
Iowa
300 Turkey Eggs a Week Reported by Reinbeck Farmer
Reinbeck area farm woman Mrs. John Schlicht says her flock of 500 turkey hens yields about 300 eggs daily. Her husband delivers roughly 2,000 eggs weekly to a hatchery in Wellman.
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Reinbeck
John Schlicht
Schlicht
Wellman
Weather dampens chinch bugs but no definite counts yet
Weather may slow chinch bugs as nymphs hatch with dampness aiding fungal growth. Entomologists will report figures later, but heavy rain is expected to boost mortality while stressing crops. The note urges letting rain do the pest control work.
Farmers Dubious About Starting To Plant Corn May 10
Farmers in the Oclwein vicinity and the northeast section of the state doubt corn planting will begin on May 10 due to overly wet soils. Many fields still unseeded for oats, post holes fill with water, pastures thin from drought and winter ice, with ample rainfall in Buchanan Delaware Fayette Winneshiek Allamakee Clayton and Dubuque counties.
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Oclwein
Buchanan
Delaware
Fayette
Winneshick
Allamakee
Clayton and Dubuque
North Linn
North Jones
Webster Virgil Long Receives Seed Potatoes for Farm Patch
Special to The Gazette Virgil Long a tenant on a Coe college farm near Webster receives 1950 pounds of Early Ohio seed potatoes for a two to three acre planting on English River bottom land.
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Webster
Virgil Long
Here
Coe College of Cedar Rapids
Ohio
Seed corn in eastern Iowa shows variable germination
Seed corn samples tested by Iowa State College reveal satisfactory germination overall but some with low vitality and widespread dry rot. Dr. R H Porter urges preliminary seed germination tests, notes three dry rot types, and recommends two-ounce dust treatments at three cents per acre to boost yields and prevent replanting after cold spells.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
R H Porter
Porter
Jones
Linn Benton
Butler
Cedar
Louisa Counties
Quarter Section In Grundy Sells for $95 An Acre
GRUNDY CENTER The Kruger homestead of 160 acres northwest of Grundy Center was sold this week to Menno Buskohl for 95 dollars an acre. Possession passes March 1, 1936.
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Grundy
Grundy Center
Kruger
Albert Kruger
Menno Buskohl
Roofs Shingled and Fences Built On Troy Mills Farms
Speral reports extensive repair work across farms near Troy Mills this spring. The Rev Grieve barn west of town has been reshingled, Walter Peyton’s buildings north of town are being repaired and shingled, and 80 and 40 rods of fence are under construction on Roy Butterfield and Mrs Moses Mette farms. A cellar is dug at Ben Floyd’s east of town, Clarence Carson’s house northeast of town is replastered and interior painted, and Louisa Corn’s hardware store is newly painted and redecorated. Wrecking on a barber shop and an old barn at town’s north edge proceeds as weather allowsgetahuan.
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Speral
Troy Mills
Rev Grieve
Walter Peyton
Roy Butterfield
Moses Mette
Ben Floyd
Clarence Carson
Louisa Corn
Bualti
Ross Anice
Paul Wilson
First Grundy County Wool Pool Scheduled May 11
Grundy Center producers may pool and market wool cooperatively through the Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association at the county fair grounds on May 11. A second pooling date will be announced later.
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Grundy County
Garzette
County Agent designs handy lime spreader in Iowa demo
Special to The Gazette from Washington Iowa describes County Agent William J. Rouda designing a lime and fertilizer spreader built for demonstration. The machine spreads evenly on windy or calm days and rides on rubber tires. It attaches to the rear of an automobile truck or wagon for rapid highway movement.
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Washington
Gazette
William J. Roudabush
Mel Crandall
Interior hog receipts rise to 443000 head in April
Interior markets in Iowa and southern Minnesota report April hog receipts of 443000 head, up 5 percent from March 2024 but down 31 percent from April last year. Total seven Midwest markets registered 812000 head, with prices nudging higher for week end but demand remaining weak.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Maren
Linn C T A No 2 Averages 28 8 Lbs Butterfat In April
Mount Vernon reports Linn County 2 dairy association April averages for 538 cows on test. Testers note 645 pounds of milk and 288 pounds of butterfat per herd. High herd: E C Forest, Mount Vernon, 15 Holstein grade and purebreds, 1 254 pounds milk and 44 9 pounds butterfat.
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Mount Vernon
Linn
Witwer and Hank
Marion
Cedar Farm Women Show Achievements in County Project Day
Cedar county Farm Bureau women hosted a county home project achievement day with six townships scoring on a 1000 point basis. Red Oak led in organization and activity, while Fairfield topped demonstration work remodeling a dress with purse and beret. Guest judge Mrs. Sarah Porter Ellis praised the opera The Bohemian Girl presented by 4-H girls and Cedar county women under Miss Olivette Pearson and other speakers highlighted home economics and child conservation work.
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Tipton
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Fairfield
Center
Red Oak
Dayton
Springdale
Cass
Red Oak Township
Dayton Township
Alex Buchanan
County Home Project
Sarah Porter Ellis
Ames Extension Service
Ellis
William Davidson
Russell Willer
Henry Wallace
Opal Hass
4-H
Roy Joslin
Jones County
Farm Bureau Women to Hold Annual Achievement Day
Winneshiek county Farm Bureau women plan their annual achievement day program Tuesday at Luther College. Miss Lillian Lewis, county home demonstration agent, says Mrs. Ellsworth Richardson national VP and state leader of women's work will be principal speaker. Mrs. May N. Larson of Ames extension service will judge exhibits and present awards.
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Gazette
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Farm Bureau
Luther College
Lillian Lewis
Ellsworth Richardson
May N. Larson
The
Ames Extension Service
Governor Herring Proclaims May 21 Towa Dairy Day
Iowa Gov Clyde L Herring proclaimed May 21 as Towa Dairy day urging Iowans to feature dairy products. He and J B Fitch of the University of Minnesota dairy division will speak at a picnic at Iowa State College on May 21 under the Iowa State Dairy association sponsorship.
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Des Moines
Clyde L. Herring
Horses Top At $140 In Columbus Junction Sale
Light head of horses sold for 100 to 140 a head at the Columbus Junction consignments sale on Wednesday. About 150 head of cattle were sold with milk cows 30 to 50, Hereford bull 65, calves 6 to 7 cents a pound, fat butcher stock 7 to 8, yearling steers 6 to 6 54 cents, veal calves 8, stock cows 3. Broad sows 25 to 30, sows with pigs 34, shoats 8, line posts 30 cents, hedge anchor posts 1.10, seed corn 180 a bushel. Auctioneers Paul Klotz and H M Duncan. clerk Farrell Smyle.
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Columbus Junction
Paul Klotz
H. M. Duncan
Farrell Smyle
Ottumwa Herds Dominate Mahaska County Con Test
Delta Stevens and Evans of Ottumwa lead for April in the Mahaska County Con Test with 44 purebred Guernseys, eight dry, averaging 628 pounds milk and 295 pounds butterfat. Alex Johnson mixed herd of Munterville ranks second with 28 cows, five dry, averaging 609 pounds milk and 269 pounds butterfat. High cow in Johnson herd yielded 1,332 pounds milk and 35.9 pounds butterfat.
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Delta—Stevens and Evans
Ottumwa
Mahaska County
Frank Fry
Alex Johnson
Munterville
Johnson
Farmers On Mississippi Seek Aid In Drainage Costs
Advocates for Mississippi river farmers seek federal compensation for higher drainage expenses caused by a nine foot navigation channel. Rep Eicher and Noah Schrock met with Harry Blair and the justice department to discuss pumping expense payments, despite prior opposition.
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Washington
Upper Mississippi
Eicher
Noah Schrock
Oakville
Upper Mississippi Irrigation Association
Harry W
Jorgen Thomsen Becomes Jesup Creamery Buttermaker
Jorgen Thomsen of Marion has been named the new buttermaker at the Jesup creamery after serving as superintendent of Blue Valley Creamery in Cedar Rapids. He trained in Denmark and later co owned the Shellsburg creamery.
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Jorgen Thomsen
Marion
Jesup
Blue Valley Creamery Company
Cedar Rapids
Jesup Creamery
Thompson
Denmark
Shellsburg
Farmer Finds Ready Market for Millet Harvest Near Postville
Special to The Gazette. Ernest T Paul sen, a Postville farmer, harvests thirty loads of German and Japanese millet from a 10 acre field. Millet sowed June 20 after drought ruined last year’s seeding. Straw and seed valued at $650.
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the Gazette
Postville
Ernest T Paulsen
Washington county corn hog contracts seen totaling high sum
O C Patterson, chairman of the corn hog committee, estimates Washington county farmers will receive $485,085.45 on corn hog contracts this year. There are 1,522 applications signed in Washington county and appraisals have been made for all of these in preparation for the contracts.
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Gazette
Washington
O C. Patterson
Washington County
4-H Roundup On Dairy Calf Club Work In Fayette County
Fayette county 4-H dairy calf club members plan a Tuesday evening roundup with Ernest M. Wright Iowa Dairy association field secretary delivering an illustrated talk. Robert Putnam Ocowin will discuss his national judging contest experiences. Annual tour and field day set for June 6 and American Jersey Cattle club meeting for June 5 in Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Ernest M. Wright
Iowa Dairy Association
Robert Putnam
Oclwein
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Cedar Farm
Fairfield Township
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Towa
Potato & Grocery Mkt
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Dial
First Ave
Bologna
Sunkist
Mrs
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Red River
Broom
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Moubray Sale
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American Jersey Cattle Club
Tulsa
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